DeKALB | Without much of a fight, the NIU men's basketball team fell 80-51 to Boise State Monday evening. The Broncos smothered NIU (2-3) with a pressure defense that produced a 26-6 BSU (6-0) run to end the first half. Starting point guard Bryan Hall...
Hitting the road one day before Thanksgiving, the NIU men's basketball team took an 86-80 decision from Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday. Aided by senior Xavier Silas' 34-point showing, the Huskies (2-2) kept UMES at an arms' length throughout the...
Xavier Silas has been named MAC West Player of the Week following 22 and 34-point performances against Bradley and Cardinal Stritch, respectively. The senior guard on the NIU men's basketball team shot 64.3 percent from the field while sinking all 12...
PEORIA | Xavier Silas had a good look at a game tying three point shot with five seconds left in regulation against Bradley Tuesday night, but the shot wouldn’t fall in a 66-63 Braves win. The NIU men’s basketball (0-2) team held multiple leads throughout...
NIU men's basketball team faced a tough test in its season opener Friday night, as the Huskies hosted Northwestern for a rematch of last year’s opener. While the Huskies got to play the Wildcats at home this time, in front of 4,001 fans, the result...
For her play during the week of Nov. 1-7, senior libero on the NIU volleyball team Maddie Hughes earned MAC West Defensive Player of the Week honors, the fourth time the senior has garnered the distinction in her career. In eight sets over the weekend,...
On the strength of 26 points from senior guard Xavier Silas, the NIU men's basketball team rolled Coe College 82-65 in its only exhibition game Saturday. The Kohawks played NIU tight in the first half, sinking six of 12 three pointers and even taking...
With the roster upheaval that the NIU men’s basketball team underwent in the offseason, the lineup has been in flux. But one thing is for sure: senior guard Xavier Silas is going to be a leader for this Huskie team. After being named to the preseason...
Xavier Silas has been told by many people close to him that he needs to find an escape from basketball. After a summer in which he literally traveled around the world, his friends, family and peers soon realized that the NIU men's basketball forward needed...
Xavier Silas didn't waste a second of his summer. Instead of enjoying his free time off from school and the basketball team, the Huskies' guard/forward kept himself busy by traveling and working on his game with many basketball minds. Silas first traveled...
